ILLUSTRATION FOR “A BALLAD OF A NIGHT REFUGE”

BY PAMELA COLMAN SMITH

The image is centered on the page, separating the poem “A Ballad of a Night Refuge” from the next poem, “A Pagan Rhyme.” It is outlined in a rectangular black border, in landscape orientation. Against a light brown backdrop, several men are depicted in silhouette. The image illustrates a scene from “A Ballad of a Night Refuge” in which a “mad cripple” addresses a group of men. The “cripple” stands at the left of the image, facing the men on the right. On the far right, several military men descend steps into the room. The artist’s monogram is in the bottom right corner of the frame.

MLA citation:

Smith, Pamela Colman. Illustration for “A Ballad of a Night Refuge,” by Christopher St. John. The Green Sheaf, No . 3, 1903, p. 12. Green Sheaf Digital Edition, edited by Lorraine Janzen Kooistra, Yellow Nineties 2.0, Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Digital Humanities, 2022. https://1890s.ca/gsv3-smith-silhouettes

magazine_images The Green Sheaf 3 Tailpiece to “A Ballad of a Night Refuge” Pamela Colman Smith 1903 Hand-coloured image Tailpiece illustration St. Petersburg and Russia Male Figure/ Man, Soldier/ Military Personnel/ Warrior, Figure, and Homeless man 19th century Interior and Room